Type-setting machine.



W. G. REYNOLDS.

TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1908.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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W. G. REYNOLDS.

TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1908.

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1.190s.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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UNITED srn rns WILLIAM G. REYNOLDS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TYPE-SETTING- MAOHINE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM G. REY- NOLDS, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haye invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a type setting machine and has for its object to provide an improved key operated machine by means of which lines of type may be set upon a rod or bar which may be removed and placed in any suitable apparatus or position for printing, other bars being provided for additional lines, the lines being set and removed in succession.

The machine includes a set of type bars 011 which the stock or supply of type is carried, and these bars may be operated by keys to advance to a central delivery point at which one type or character is delivered from each selected bar, the bars being arranged in a semi-circle around the delivery point and guided to move to and from the same as the keys are operated. The type will be of poculiar construction, suitable tobe strung on a rod and to slide from one rod to another.

The machine is illustrated in the acco1n panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section thereof. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of the type receiving bar or strip and its support. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail in vertical section of the upper part of the machine, showing one of the type bars advanced and in position for delivering a type to the receiving bar. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail of the escapement devices. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the typp.

eferring specifically to the drawings, the plate A constitutes the base of the machine and supports the same.

B is a standard at the rear for a semicircular band D to the middle of which the standard is fastened. The ends of the band are fastened to upright supports E and E. Located within the band, and concentric therewith, is a semi-circular rod C which acts as a pivot bar for the levers by means of which the type carriers are advanced.

F is a plate or table which is supported at the rear by a rod G resting on the base plate Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1, 1908.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 430,358.

' A and at the front by the uprights E and E to which it is fastened. G is an auxiliary support or brace for the table or plate F.

H is an upright type bar the lower end of which rests upon the top surface of the table F. The number of these bars corresponds to the number of characters or letters and each bar contains the type of the appropriate letter, said type being indicated at 6. These type bars or carriers H are movable toward a common center on the surface of the table. The movement of each bar is effected by means of a slide 1 which is fastened at its front end to the lower end of the type bar H by a connecting piece 7, forming a right angle connection, and the slide passes through a slot at F formed in a bank or flange F extending around the rear edge of the table F, which edge is semi-circular in outline to correspond to the radial arrangement of the type carriers.

12 indicates a'link which is pivoted at m to the connecting piece 7 and at m to the rear end of one arm 13 of a bell crank lever the other arm of which is indicated at 14, the lever being fulcrumed on the pivot rod C above referred to.

A rod K is connected to the rear end of the arm I of the lever and depends behind the key board of the machine, and is provided at its lower end with a loop a which is soldered or otherwise fastened to a rod a the lower end of which 'works through a hole in a guide plate S. A key lever L is pivoted at its front end on a rod M extending between brackets N and N at the front of the machine, and at its rear end the lever is connected to the upper end of the rod a.

It will be understood that the parts just described are singular to one of the type carriers. Each type character is provided with similar operating devices, the number of key levers corresponding to the number of type carriers or characters. The key levers are shown arranged in two banks and are provided with keys P the stems of which work through slots in the top plate P of the frame. Side bars 0 form part of the frame and are fastened at opposite ends to the brackets N and N and the uprights E and E as shown, for the sake of strength and rigidity.

Q is an upright bar the upper end of which is directly in front of the basket or semicircle of type carriers and the lower end of. which is connected to a horizontal cross bar R each end of which is suspended from the frame by a spring (1. The bar Q operates the escapement whereby one type is dropped from the selected type bar or carrier.

The lines of the type carriers converge to a central point near the front of the table where there is a hole f directly under which is a pointed bar 9 which is held by a brace g, and directly under the bar 9 is a removable bar or strip h adjustably supported by a bracket h on the key plate P. The escapement is effected by means of two small wires 7c and k which are fastened to the basket frame and which cross each other at or directly above the hole f and are fastened at their front ends to the front edge of the table.

When a key is pressed down the appropriate bell crank lever is turned and by means of the link I the slide I is moved toward the center or hole f and said slide carries with it the type bar H. At the limit of the movement forward one of the type X is released from the lower end of the type bar H and dro s through the hole f and is received on tiie transfer bar 9 and slides down the same and onto the line bar h. As the type bar H advances toward the hole f the wires 7c and k, which are spaced above the surface of the table a distance conforming with the height of the type, act to pass between the lowest type and those above and separate the former, and as the bar H reaches the hole f the bar Q is pressed down simultaneously and the finger g at the upper end of said bar presses down on the wires and k 'and causes the drop of the type through the hole. The lowermost type would probably drop by gravity, but the action of bar Q makes the fall certain and prevents sticking. The bar Q is operated when the lever L comes in contact with the cross bar R or with standards R fastened to the cross bar and projecting upwardly therefrom at inter vals corresponding to the levers. Springs T return the levers and other moving parts after each operation, and the springs (Z do the same for the parts R and Q. Stop pieces 5 at the rear ends of the slides I prevent said slides from advancing too far by striking the bank F at the edges of the slots F.

By operating the selected keys a line of types is deposited upon the strip h, and when the line is com lete said strip may be re moved and app ied for printing purposes by means of other devices, and when removed another strip h is put in place, to receive the next line. The type bars H, as well as the transfer bar G and the line bars h are slightly curved in cross section to conform to the shape of the type X, and the upper ends of the type bars H are shaped to a thin, flat end withasmallhole therein to receive the pointed end of storage bars (not shown) from which the type bars H are supplied with type from time to time.

I claim:

1. In a type setting machine, the combination of a set of upright type carriers constructed to each hold a plurality of type and arranged radially around a common center, key-operated means to advance said carriers selectively to the center, an upright receiving device standing under the said center and adapted to receive type from the carriers, and an automatic escapement cooperating with the carriers to permit drop of single types therefrom, onto the receiving device.

2. In a type setting machine, the combination of a table having a central delivery hole, a receiver under said hole, a set of keyoperated type carriers slidable radially on the table to and from said hole, and means to automatically deliver type from said carriers through the hole and to the receiver thereunder.

3. In a ty e setting machine, the combination of a table having a central delivery hole, upright type-carrying bars standing above said table and movable radially to and from the hole, key-operated means to advance and retract the bars, a type receiver under said hole, and automatic means to detach the bottom type from each bar, to drop the same through the hole and onto the receiver, each time a bar is advanced to the hole.

4. In a ty e setting machine, the combination of a tab e having radial guides and a central delivery opening, slides movable in the guides toward and from said opening and having type carriers at the front end which register w1th said opening when the slides are advanced, key-operated means to advance the slides, a type receiver under said opening, and automatic means to dislodge type from the bars and deliver the same through the opening, to the receiver, when the bars are advanced.

5. In a ty e setting machine, the combination of a tab e having a central delivery opening therein, a removable type-receiving bar supported in upright position under said opening, a transfer bar extending between said receiving bar and the opening, and keyoperated means to deliver type through said opening and onto said transfer bar.

6. In a type setting machine, the combination of a table having a central delivery opening, a set of key-operated upright ty e-carrying bars movable radially to and fi om said openings, and means to deliver type from the lower ends of said bars and through said opening, com rising crossed rods extending above the ta le and which intersect above said opening, to enter between the bottom type and those above, when a bar is advanced, and means to depress said rods to dislodge said bottom type and drop the same through the opening.

7. Inatype setting machine, the combinasame at said opening at each advance of a 10 tion with a table having a central delivery type carrier. opening and radial guides, slides movable in In testimony whereof I aflin my signasaid guides toward and from the opening, ture, in presence of two witnesses.

and havin type carriers at their front ends, levers coniiected to the slides to advance the WILLIAM REYNOLDS same, and located behind the table, keys Witnesses:

operatively connected to said levers, and FLORENCE HENDERSON, means to dislodge a type and deliver the H. G. BATOHELOR. 

